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' `,'PPLICATION FILED JULY 23.1911.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`CHARLES C. SCHNEIDER, E s'r. LoUIs, MIssoUEI,` Assis-Noa To JAMEs II.CUTTER, or

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CATCHING DEVICE ECR CLoTII-PILING MACHINEs.

-nsosneef Application mea July 2a, 1917. ser'iai No. 182,366.

To all 'whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented eertain new anduseful Improvements in Catch- .ing Devices for Cloth-Filing Machines, of

which the followin is a specification.`

This invention re ates to improvements 1n `catching devicesv for clothpiling machines and has for its object amechanism located onatablenpon'which the cloth'piling machinev operate's'for supportingtheends of the cloth while the machine which carries the cloth to be`piled is being propelled backwardly and forwardly upon the table.

A further object of my inventionis to provide means which areautomatically operated upon Contact by a cloth piling machine comprisinga pair of supporting rods arranged to enter the end fold of the clothandsupport the same while the piling machine is being moved.

' A further object of my invention is to 'constructA a catching device,which is arv ranged adjustably, vertically as well as horizontally so asto accommodate various widths of cloth as well as to be regulated toconform with the pile `of cloth as the same increases in height. 30 Afurther object is to provlde a means whereby a pair of `eoacting clothsupporting rodspand their actuating mechanisms are raised simultaneouslyfor proper relation to the progressively increasing height of the on.the table by a piling machine.

Figure lis a side elevation of a table with my improved lcatching devicelocated in position thereon showing its operative relation withv thecloth pilingv machine.

Fig. 2 is a top planview of the catching mechanism.

Fig. 3 is fragmental side elevationshowing the supporting post insection and the catching mechanism in relative position with 'the pilingmachine.

Fig. et is a detail View of the bar which forms a mechanism. y

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of one of the supporting part of the vcatchingcloth supporting rods. f

Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 5 showing the cloth supporting rod inreleased position. Fig." 7 is 'a sectional view takenon the line 7--7 ofFig. 6.

- Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View of the 'tacts, operating the same.

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gear, which forms mechanism.

. Fig. 9 is a detail horizontal sectional view of one of the posts inwhich the catching device is supported.

Fig. 10 is a detail the posts.

Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the tripping lever made use ofin connection with my invention. F ig. 12 is a detail sectional view ofa portion ofthe operating shaft and the worm mounted thereon. y

Fig".v 13 4is a detail perspective view of a portionof the supportingbar and the slidingpost.

. eferring to the drawings in detail, 14 indicates a table 'and 15 acloth piling machine located thereon. On the table is located myimproved catching device 16 against which the cloth piling machine con-My improved catching device comprises an angle bar or support 17disposed transversely of the table. its one end being provided with ahook 18mwhich`fits around one side margin of the table top, and theother end of the bar is clamped against the table top by an' ordinaryclamp 19. To the angle bar 17 is attached a pair of hollow posts 20, thesame being slotted as indicated by the numeral 21 and provided withprojecting flanges 22 sov as to act as supports and proper guides forsupporting brackets 23. The brackets 23 are Veach provided with aninternally screwthreaded enlargement 211 of a size to snugly fit withinthe hollow post and through the enlargement is passed a screw 25, havingitsupper end connected with a worm a part of the catching top plan viewof one of gear or wheel 26, and by the rotation of the rectangular lug32 which ts into the slot "and the said post is retained inits setposition by means of the bolt 33. The shaft 28 i immediately upon movingthe lin the mutilated gear,

is provided witha key way 34, and the worm 30 with a key 35, whereby theworm 30 may freely slide upon its shaft during an adjust-v i Y ously bymanual operation of thefcrank 36.'

Each of the brackets 23 Ais provided with a mutilated gear wheel held bythe bolt 38 and also a lever 39, whose short end is designed to contactwith a recess 41 formed and when said lever is so placed, the gear isheld in locked position. This gear is provided with a projecting arm 42,which is so located as to project parallel with the angle bar when thegear is in its locked position (see Fig. 5).

The Ibracket 23 is provided with a iousing 43 in which is seated a rackbar 44, the teeth of said rack bar Vmeshing withthe teeth on the gear,the forward end of the rack being suitably bent as indicatedy by thenumeral 45K, and against which the forward end of the piling machine 15contacts. The under side of the housing is provided with a projection 46to which one end of the spring 47 is attached, the other end of saidspring being attached to a projection'48 secured to the opposite endl ofthe rack bar.l The tendency of said spring is to return the rack bar toits normal position after the aforesaid spring has been compressed bythe contacting of the machine.

The lever 39 is contacted with by the front end of the piling machineslightly in advance of the machine contacting with the rack bars so thatits short end is released from the recess 41 which will then permit thearm 42 to assume a position as shown in Fig. 6, and when in thisposition the cloth carried by the piling machine is so positioned as toform a loop in the cloth permitting the arms 42 to enter the fold orloop machine away from the catching device. The lever 39 is controlledor placed in its normal position by means of the spring 49.

The mutilated gear 37 is provided-with an inclined shoulder over whichthe shorti arm 40 of the lever rides when the lever is placed rearwardlyso as to allow the gear to operate simultaneously with the contacting ofthe end of the rack bar 45, also to permit the short arm or tooth to beproperly guided into the recess when the arm 42 is returning to itsnormal position.

One relative position'of the catching devices is shown in Fig. 2,together with the means whereby they can-be adjusted horizontally on thetable to accommodate various widths of cloth.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe The essential feature of applicants device isto .constructr a`catching device arranged to be adjustable horizontally.

I may, if desired, dispense with the usey of the shaft andv worms and inthe .place 1. A .catching device fo-r cloth .pilingmal chines comprisinga supporting bar mounted upon a table, v ing post connected to thesupporting bar, brackets carried by the posts, means for adjusting thebrackets in the posts vertically, cloth supporting rods mounted on thebrackets, means for operating the same when contacted with by the pilingmachine and a lever mechanism for locking the rods in Jheir normalposition, substantially as speci- Y 2. A catching device for clothpiling machines comprising a bar, a pair of posts supported thereby, abracket mounted in each post, a cloth supporting rod carried by eachbracket, means for relatively adjusting the rposts to accommodatedifferent widths of cloths, means forA adjusting theV bracketsvertically to progressively position the cloth supporting rods atheights varying `as the cloth is piled, an automatic means forvoperating the cloth supporting rods to functionate and non-functionatepositions, comprising rack bars arranged for movements in one directionby contacting with the piling machine, bars to swing moved by themachine, position to the rack bars and gears, spring actuated leversarranged` inthe path of the machine forming automatic locks for thecloth supporting rods.

3. A device of the class prising a catching device composed of astationary member and an adjustable member,

cloth supporting arms carried by each of the members, a worm mechanismfor adjusting the cloth supporting arms vertically, means for operatingthe same, and means for locking the cloth supporting arms in theirnormal position, substantially as specified. In testimony whereof, Ihave` signed Vmy name to this specification in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.`

CHARLES C. SCHNEIDER.

Commissioner oi!Y Patents,

Washington, D. G.

described com- Y a stationary post and aV slid-

